Thursday, Jan. 25, High School Sports Roundup

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Jan 25, 2018 at 10:13 PMJan 26, 2018 at 2:57 PM

Shaylin Pollock scored 17 points, but it wasn’t quite enoug has Southwest battled one of the co-leaders of the Coastal 8 1-A/2-A Conference but fell to visiting East Carteret 41-38 on Thursday night in girls’ basketball.

The Stallions, who also got 8 points by Emily Shepard, trailed 18-17 at halftime, but the Mariners outscored SWO 14-4 in the third quarter. Southwest rallied, but a 17-9 fourth quarter wasn’t quite enough.

East Carteret (8-6, 7-1), which was led by Breah Taylor’s 23 points, remained tied atop the conference with Richlands (13-3, 7-1), with Croatan (12-2, 5-1) a half-game back.